Government’s failure to rebuild the 19 km trekking path that leads to Hemkunt Sahib, a Gurudwara in Chamoli district, a few pilgrim groups have dug the snow haphazardly to make way. “In the area that is landslide prone and where the ice is still shifting
The River Dhauliganga flows in the location where once there was a village called Sobla (in Pithoragarh district). Several such villages have disappeared after the Uttarakhand catastrophe
Fed up with the government’s empty promises and inadequate rehabilitation efforts, people have returned to reside in broken houses and makeshift camps. It was reported that the families that had the funds to bribe officers received their pukka houses wher
People throng at the Kedarnath temple on the day its doors were opened to the public for the first time since the disaster. It was the only structure not washed away or damaged when the floods swept through the Kedar Valley
Half of the helipad caved in at Teejam village in Pithoragarh district during the floods last year. Locals allege that when they requested the district magistrate (DM) to carry out the flood protection work, the DM stated that no such action will take pla
A landslide would be enough to wipe out the entire village of Sumdum in Pithoragarh district. People live in constant fear of the mountains which have now developed cracks
People have to risk their lives every day to fetch rations. According to police records, in April and May this year, six people died while travelling from one village to another in the Dharchula and Munsiary subdivisions. Immediately after the disaster, d